Ideas for youth/girls ministry

--Girls/Guys Night Out--Girls go out with the girls of all ages above youth! Guys go out with all the boys youth and older!
--Relationship Weekend followed by "Polite Night"--Godly relationships. Girls and guys will spend friday night at separate houses talking about relationships, sex, etc within the view of what God wants then Saturday afternoon the youth begin getting ready for "polite night" where they will be shown how a Godly date can look. Dress up! Make it fun!
--Daddy-Daughter Date Night--Dads show their "little girls" (ages 6-106!) how they should be expected to be treated by the opposite sex in a night of food, games, a movie (Time allowing), and Bible study! All done at the church!
--Before Prom/Homecoming dance Make-overs/After Party with Jesus--Call up local hair stylists etc, or find some willing people within your church to help the youth get ready for the big night! Then after dancing the night away, youth can spend the night at the church where you can rent blow-up games, have plenty of food, and just chillax' without worrying about the things of the world!
--JC & PJs--Sleep overs just to hang out and be kids! (of course genders are not together on this one people. duh. lol)
--Out on the Lake--Once a month during the summer months, take the kids to the lake for some Fun in the Son (yes...with an "O")--Swimming, boating, Jesus!
--Text Devotions--using twitter or other free/cheap utility
--Letters of Affirmation--(NOT EMAIL, NOT HALLMARK CARDS) But personal notes to each kid!
--"Youth" Magazine--Your own church magazine! Monthly/Quarterly, include photos from past events (church, sporting, ANYTHING YOUR CHURCH FOLK ARE INVOLVED IN!), Notes from the pastor, youth pastor, "member of the month," Q&A, Random Advice, To the Next Step(advice columns for EVERY stage in life--teens to kids, teens to teens, adults to teens, older adults to young adults, etc), Discussion starters--Questions to start conversations within small groups, the home, etc., Scripture of the Month, Daily Devos, Music of the Month. Announcements for the coming months!
--Christian fashion shows--Have some fun showing off the latest fashions that are tasteful and cool! Just cause we're Christian doesn't mean we can't be stylin'!
--Self-defense classes for the girls--Let's face it, there are some just plain ole jerkfaces out there who look for nothing more than to take advantage of our girls...why not teach them how to handle a situation that we hope never happens?
-- Mary Kay Cosmetics apparently has a spiritual "application" to its products...i need to check more into that but when i find it im sure it will be a great thing... includes stuff like applying foundation and how we should look at our spiritual foundations as well. etc.
--Scrapbook nights anyone?! you could just put together scrapbooks for your youth group...at the end of each year you have them to look back at all youve done!
--Creative Prayer Ideas--PowerPoint--Display Scriptures, prayers, words, pictures, etc. and have youth write in a journal what God reveals to them as they pray about what they see/read. Wifitti also has a pretty cool application where youth can text in something about what they see and it will display anonymously on a screen for the group to see.--Pray 30 minutes a day see what God reveals--Prayer stations--each station has a different thing to pray for, pray for it then move on--Prayer stations at the start of the school year to cover schools and all involved in them (teachers, principals, housekeeping, secretaries, students, etc.)
--Dinner with the staff--Youth hang out and actually help in cooking a meal with the staff rather than just ordering pizza.
--Sticky note prayers--give youth sticky notes to take home and put up, once a week, on their mirrors, etc. Just a constant reminder to be in prayer about a certain thing, people, missions, etc.
--Prayer partners--Big Sister age, parent age, grandparent age, etc. every generation to be a part!
--Adopt a grandparent--2-3 kids per grandparent or youth group take one grandparent
--Prayer bracelets--convo starters, beads, etc
--True Love Waits--each youth given a journal with a pocket in the front for their TLW ring. Youth can write notes, prayers, etc, to their future spouse, a gift to their spouse on their wedding night. (how sweet...i know...lol)
--"Show the Love" Valentine's gifts for the children's home... the kids that rarely get love can be shown it through some gifts and just hangin' out with the kids. (MAKE SURE YOU GET PERMISSION AND TRAINING FOR THE KIDS BEFORE YOU GO!)
--"Christmas for others" etc.
--Hospital Missions--food, magazines, goodies, etc to people in the hospital and in the waiting room! (ONCE AGAIN, GET PERMISSION AND TRAINING! ONE BAD VISIT CAN RUIN A MINISTRY FOR A LIFETIME!)
--Clothes Line Ministry--At the end of the school year, have a school uniform drive where people can give "old" school uniforms, take the youth to the laundry mat to clean them and just be a part of a life changing ministry. Give the uniforms to needy families!
--Bus people to church, youth to do community work, bus dem Christians to do some work for Jesus!
--City Wide Love--Shop with a cop, shop with a (whatever school mascot is at the local school), shop with a hero, etc. --Go to local school and ask about local needy families. Allow the kids to go shopping for their family for christmas and buy them some gifts too (as a surprise of course)
--Get youth to hang out with kids that maybe need some help with whatever life throws at them: school work, peers, anything!
--Get involved with the Schools!!!!--Character Counts, FCA, Pre-planning teacher breakfast (provide teachers with breakfast during the time they are at school with no kids the few weeks before class starts), New teacher breakfast, Grill week, Cinnamon Roll week, Pizza for kids coming in late from sporting events, etc so they dont come in hungry...no need to preach just give em some food and let em know ya care!